UPDATE - Net Neutrality Bill Passes Senate Commitee
Thursday, May 25th, 2006Raw Story has more....
Archive for May, 2006
Quote of the Day 5/25/06
Thursday, May 25th, 2006Every effort to really better the condition of mankind has been opposed by the worshipers of some God. The church in all ages and among all peoples has been the consistent enemy of the human race. Everywhere and at all times, it has opposed the liberty of thought and expression. ...
Birth Rates Low In Industrialized Countries
Thursday, May 25th, 2006Except the U.S., Industrialized countries birthrates are lower than the 2.1 births per woman replacement rate. Birthrates: Germany, 1.4; Greece, 1.3; Italy, 1.3; Japan, 1.4; Spain, 1.3; and Russia, 1.3. The U.S. is close to 2.1 births per female, just enough to keep our population constant. What does this ...
Hastert Under Investigation
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006ABC News is reporting that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dennis Hastert is under investigation. What does this mean? Is the FBI taking revenge on Hastert in his defense of William Jefferson yesterday? Or, was Hastert angry yesterday, because he has something to hide? There may be no ...
Delay Hacked?
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006Over at Think Progress they posted a link to Tom Delay’s defense fund, and they are laughing at the fact that someone posted a video of a Stephen Colbert interview of Movie creator Robert Greenwald promoting his latest movie. The deal is that his latest movie is called: “The Big ...
Gay “Cure”
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006AmericaBlog had this one and I just had to pass it on to all of our readers. There is some nice video from CNN too. It is about the "curing of gays". Yes sir, there are many Talibangelists that think you can just cure away the gay, ...
Awash in Irony
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006Harold Meyerson of the Washington Post talks about Irony today. He points out how Ironic the current actions of the Neocons are if you compare them to their motivation from the beginning. They formed their group in reaction to the disorder brought to the cities in the 1960s. Now ...
This is the Kind of Thinking that Starts Wars
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006We now have our esteemed Energy Secretary, Sam Bodman, telling everyone that if Iran cut off oil, we would all be just fine. He says we have years of Reserves that would tide us over in the event Iran turned off the spigot. Hell, when do we start ...
The Truth So Far
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006Every once in a while it makes a lot of sense to step back and look at the big picture. Over the last few months (maybe 18 or so) a lot of things have happened on the United States political scene. Each change has come and gone and by now ...
US Prison Population Rises 2%
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006So much for the Land of the Free it seems. US prison systems are swelling at an alarming rate due mostly to Draconian drug laws. Why do we imprison people for victimless crimes? Why does our society think it is worth the financial and social cost to ...
